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light-framework/light-framework
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Simple and light PHP Framework.

V1.0(11y ago)613MITPHP

Since Sep 18Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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LightFramework
==============

[](#lightframework)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/73f5b5b148fa93143f785dc205892d8157caf1e661e99ef155b0213fd8cb40c3/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6172616c6c2f4c696768744672616d65776f726b2e737667)](https://travis-ci.org/arall/LightFramework) [![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6f82431ee7b9604fc66c08ea081b77eb403fa6aee7d6823983ec8f9edcc48e58/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f6172616c6c2f4c696768744672616d65776f726b2f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e67)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/arall/LightFramework/)

LightFramework is a lightweight and simple web application framework.

Installation / Requirements
---------------------------

[](#installation--requirements)

LightFramework requires Composer to work. Simply install composer and run composer inside the base LightFramework directory.

```
$ composer install

```

Also, it needs the following

- PHP 5.3+
- PDO
- mod\_rewrite

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

To run the test suite, you need PHPUnit (and also Selenium):

```
$ php composer.phar install --dev
$ vendor/bin/phpunit

```

TO-DO
-----

[](#to-do)

- Menu system
- Less code

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4260d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9d14cb03f34c9828ba318f311fc143824e24af1eff0f524528bdb016fdaf4a45?d=identicon)[arall](/maintainers/arall)

---

Top Contributors

[![arall](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1453137?v=4)](https://github.com/arall "arall (101 commits)")[![fgomezserna](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3274162?v=4)](https://github.com/fgomezserna "fgomezserna (2 commits)")[![vmontala](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2786323?v=4)](https://github.com/vmontala "vmontala (1 commits)")

---

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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